The Cold War was a struggle on many levels - economic, scientific, political, military, and ideological - between the nations that emerged victorious from World War II. For nearly half a century, the United States Navy played a crucial role in the high-stakes Cold War conflict. Yet today, many Americans, especially the youngest, have little understanding of the contributions made by the Navy's Cold War veterans. LEARN MORE... |
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Navy Museum Kicks off Mission Ocean Educational Program — On Friday, 27 April, and Tuesday, 1 May, the Mission Ocean program was inaugurated in the Cold War Gallery, at the National Navy Museum in Washington DC. One hundred-thirty students from two Prince William County schools were the first children to conduct undersea exploration missions, employing networked computers to operate their research submarine, while observing their sub’s search on a 3D video display. Investigating the continental shelf area in the Aleutian Islands, students used ocean temperature and sulfur dioxide measurements to locate an actively erupting volcano in the virtual Education Center at the Cold War Gallery, part of the National Navy Museum. Read the Full Story >>
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Salvaging Exhibit Artifacts from a Decommissioned Destroyer — The new exhibit for the Cold War Gallery, “Into the Lion’s Den,” is scheduled to open this summer at the Washington Navy Yard. Construction on the exhibit is ongoing (see our recent update here) but we are still in the process of obtaining some of the many artifacts that will be on display. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a reconstruction of the armored bridge of the cruiser USS Newport News (CA 148). In order to make the exhibit as realistic as possible, we have been working closely with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) to locate artifacts from the era. Read the Full Story >>
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